Photographs of women in Iran before the Islamic revolution

In 1979, before the Shah regime was overthrown by the Islamic regime, the veil was not mandatory in Iran and women were given broad freedoms, such as the right to equal education with men.

In the 1960s, as the combination of western and traditional clothing, there was less open space in the body, which was replaced by a more open style in the 70s. In the popular shops and boutiques of Tehran, European fashion was closely followed, and the magazine covers were full of more openly dressed women.

Here are some photographs of Iranian women before Islamic revolution.

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The kolbars brave subfreezing temperatures and border guards’ bullets to carry heavy loads over the mountains in an unemployment-plagued region that Iran’s government has all but forgotten.

Kolbars carrying smuggled goods return from Iraq down the Kuh-e Takht mountain in Iran on Dec. 12, 2018. (Sergio Colombo and Andrea Prada Bianchi for Foreign Policy)